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J. 0. CULVER. WINDOW CLEANER. No. 456,356. A Patented July 21, 1891'.

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J. 0. CULV-BR. WINDOW CLEANER.

Patented July 21,'1891.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN OSCAR CULVER, OF OALISTOGA, CALIFORNIA.

WINDOW-CLEAN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,356, dated July 21, 1891.

y Application filed March 26, 1889. Serial No. 304,913. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern."

Be it known that I, JOHN OSCAR GULVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Calistoga, in the county of Napa and State of California, have invented a new andA useful Improvement in lVindow-Oleaners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in machines and the application of materials for cleaning windows, mirrors, bath-tubs, and othersurfaces and the objects of m yim provements are, first, to provide an improved bag of fibrous or porous material which will securely hold polishing-powder andto be used by wetting the bag and contents and rubbing the wet bag of polishing-powder on the glass o1' surface to be polished, which causes the powder mixed with the water to eXude through the texture of the bag and overspread the surface to be cleaned and polished in j ust the quantity needed without dropping water or wasting powder; second, to provide an adjustable holder and handle for said bag, so arranged that the surface of the bag can be held and used parallel with the plane of the handle or adjusted to any angle desired, thus saving time and labor; third, to afford facilities for readily attaching a sponge to the holder for the purpose of washing dirt from the window or other surface and afterward attaching a dry cloth for the final polishing. Iattain these objects by mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which* Figure l is a front elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with the small end of the bag pushed inside of the larger end. Fig. 3 is a side elevation with the bag extended to its full length and folded over to vcover the outside of each jaw of the holder. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the holder without the bag. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the holder. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the bag at full length. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 8 is a side elevation ot' the large part of the bag, the small end being inside. Fig. 9 is a sectional View of the same on the line Z Z in Fig. 8.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The handle a, which may be any length desired, is inserted in socket A, to which are attached, by means of bolt D, the arms B b of may be used to the best advantage.

the jaws I fi. The improved bag F, containing polishing-powder P, Fig. 9, has a pocket into which the jaws I t' are placed when the bag in its short form is in use, This pocket when pulled out is an extension to and becomes a part of the bag containing the polishing-powder, and can bel attached to. the jaws I 1f by means of the eyelets f and strings K, as shown in Fig. 'lhe sprin g G, attached to the arm B, Fig. 5, presses the jaws I 1' against the inside of the bag F, holding it in position. The ring C is pushed along arms B Z9 toward the jaws It' when it is necessary to hold firmly a'sponge or cloth in the jaws l 'L'. The catch E in slot .I of the socket A, held by rivet e,

engages with the teeth on the end of arm B,

and is held in position by the spring H, Fig. 3, and, disengaging catch E, permits the movement of arm B and the adjustment of jaws I 1'-, so that the bag F or the sponge or dry cloth The improved bag F, Fig. 6, is made of canton-flannel, or of stouter cloth or other fibrous porous material, of the size suitable to perform the work required. The smaller end can be readily thrust into the larger part, thus forming a pocket su rrounded by powder on' all sides and affording a receptacle for the jaws IIL'. The bag F, when. necessary, can be fastened by strings K passing from eyeletsf to hook g.

The entire device is used by wetting the bag F and inclosed polishing-powder 'P and taking hold of the handle a and rubbing the wet bag F on the glass or other surface to be cleaned or polished. The powder P immediately mixes with t-he water or other liquid and oozes from the bag F and overspreads the glass or surface being cleaned or polished in just the quantity needed, and the bag F in passing to and fro cleansthe surface. Before the powder becomes entirely dry on the surface the bag F is removed from the jaws I i, and a dry cloth is clamped in the jaws It' by means of the ring C and tucked in between the jaws I t' on all sides to hold it-,and is then used to rub the powdered surface until it is clean and bright.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In 'a window-cleaner, the combination ofv the handle a, the socket A, the catch E, the

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porous bag' containing` polishing-powder and having one end portion for nearly one-half ILhe length of the bag smaller than the larger other end portion and capable of being tn rnecl in lche forin of n pocket Within the latter, and said bag having,r eyelets near the junction of said smaller and larger portions, substantially as set forth.

JOHN OSCAR CULVER.

:Lrms B b, the bolt D, the nut (l, the jaws I i, Jbhe bag F, with eyelets f, the strings K, the ring C, the spring G, and hook g, substan tially as shown and described.

2. In a. Window Cleaner, the adj ustable holder having in combination Lhe handlesocket A, formedwith the slot J and furnish ed with the catch E and spring Il, the arms B l), having the toothed are Vin said slot, jaws I l1i, spring G, hook g, the pivot-bolt D, nut d, and the slide-ring` C, substantially as seb forth.

3. In n window-cleaner, a. detachable closed 'Witnessesz LINooLN SONNTAG, l WM. L. CULVER. 

